Spinner (website)

Spinner
Subsidiary
Industry Media player
Fate Merged into Slacker
Founded United States
Defunct April 26, 2013 (2013-04-26)
Headquarters United States
Parent AOL
Website spinner.com

Spinner was an online music and entertainment service.[1] An AOL Music property, it was acquired by AOL on June 1, 1999, along with Nullsoft for $400 million.[2] Based in San Francisco, California, the website was the first Internet music service and was the largest by 2001, while offering promotional features from high-profile recording artists.[3] In 2002, AOL combined Spinner with the former's Netscape portal to form Netscape Radio.[4] Spinner broadcast over 100 radio stations,[5] including Radio CMJ.[6]

In 2008, Spinner was revamped by AOL as a music website aimed at the "music aficionado".[7] The website offers exclusive interviews of recording artists,[8] streams of albums and live performances, and a free music download daily.[9]

Spinner, along with all AOL music sites, was abruptly shut down in April 2013.[10] The URLs to all former AOL music sites, including Spinner, were re-directed to aolradio.slacker.com starting in August 2013. Several AOL Music blogs, along with Comics Alliance, were sold to Townsquare Media in June 2013.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Calhoun (2011), p. 102.
  2. ↑ Alderman (2002), p. 97.
  3. ↑ Khosrowpour (2006), p. 104.
  4. ↑ Fries (2005), p. 110.
  5. ↑ Axford (2004), p. 214.
  6. ↑ "CMJ On Air". CMJ New Music Report. 79 (5): 29. March 15, 2004. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  7. ↑ Brung, Anthony (May 24, 2008). "The Billboard Q&A". Billboard. 120 (21): 23. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  8. ↑ "The Spinner Interview Posts". Spinner. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  9. ↑ "Mp3 Of The Day Posts". Spinner. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  10. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/1559947/updated-aol-music-spinner-shutting-down
  11. ↑ "Townsquare Acquires Various AOL Music Sites, Comics Alliance". Billboard.biz. Retrieved 12 February 2014.

Bibliography

  • Alderman, John (July 11, 2002). Sonic Boom: Napster, Mp3, And The New Pioneers Of Music. Basic Books. ISBN 0738207772.
  • Axford, Elizabeth C. (July 1, 2004). Song Sheets to Software: A Guide to Print Music, Software, and Web Sites for Musicians. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810850273.
  • Calhoun, Scott, ed. (December 16, 2011). Exploring U2: Is This Rock 'n' Roll?. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810881578.
  • Fries, Bruce; Fries, Marty (April 26, 2005). Digital Audio Essentials. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 0596008562.
  • Khosrowpour, Mehdi (April 3, 2006). Cases on Electronic Commerce Technologies and Applications. Idea Group Inc. ISBN 1599044021.


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